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The NEWS was very busy at the AHR Expo in New York City, visiting as many booths as possible in search of new products. Below is a comprehensive list of all the HVAC residential equipment we found on the show floor.

As the regional standards ruling remains entangled in litigation, it is becoming more difficult for the HVAC industry to determine how to move ahead.

There is growing concern that the DOE is placing undue regulatory burden on the HVAC industry — and especially on manufacturers — by regulating components of appliances that already meet energy-efficiency guidelines.

Industry figures are estimates that are derived from the best available figures supplied by a sample of AHRI member companies.  

How can the homeowner be comfortable with a piece of equipment that would condition twice the amount of house? The answer lies in the true performance of the HVAC system.

Source: Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI). Industry figures are estimates that are derived from the best available figures supplied by a sample of AHRI member companies.

With a veritable alphabet soup of acronyms now available to describe the energy efficiency of HVAC equipment, contractors have all the information necessary to educate their customers about how their systems will perform when installed correctly.

With up to 80 percent AFUE, the Performance™ 80 58CTW is a two-stage, var-iable-speed gas furnace. 

Part of the Luxaire^® Acclimate™ Series, the LP9C modulating gas-fired furnaces are compact units that employ induced combustion, hot surface ignition, and high heat transfer aluminized tubular heat ex-changers. 

We asked the contractors on our editorial advisory board to share which products they believe truly deserve to be called smart — and why.